match is boo, and the onion is meh
After about a week and a half, i gave up on match. even with my age change, i think it isn’t a good database anymore. meaning, i wasn’t getting as my views, winks, or emails from anyone. not even ugly guys.
fast forward to the onion personals aka “fast cupid”. a friend of mine started using it and encouraged me to do so. at the begining of the year i swore online dating off, but i’ve just come to accept that this is how i meet most people of the opposite sex. my cheapass decides to do the free subscription, which means i show up last on people’s searches and i can contact people who are gold members or by using points that you can purchase. i like the flexibility of the service, but was a little disappointed (again) at how little emails i received. after about a week, they trickled in. the guys on this site are characters. the ones i chatted with either via email or on the phone.
i decided i would try to take a new approach to dating. i won’t dismiss guys too quickly if they aren’t as attractive as i wish them to be. here is my quick lists of “musts”:
- personality (makes me laugh)
- has a decent job
- has a car
i met up with a guy yesterday who made me laugh on the phone and on email. i don’t have the paid subscription so i couldn’t really see his picture. he is a big guy but he goes to the gym. we exchanged some laughs and talked way too much (at his request) about online dating. i saw his drivers license that had a pic taken from 7 years ago. he was cuter in the DL. in person, he looked like the verizon “can you hear me now” guy, but bigger and chunkier. he’s not fat fat but i wasn’t completely attracted to him. i figure i should put him in the friend category and see if the attraction will grow. who knows. NEXT!
